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the french Guitar Cook Book : a modern guitar cheatsheet

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Discovering music theory alone without knowing how to read sheet music is a tall order, I know it well. I managed to find in great books the notions of harmony, intervals and chords, but had a hard time deciphering sheet music notations.

The GuitarCookBook is a "harmony on a guitar cheatsheet" born 2 years ago after a first successful french crowdfunding. It has already seduced nearly a thousand guitar players with its convenient chords and scales diagrams. This crowdfunding will help me print the new version I've been working on, adding enriched chords and new scales. It will also help me promote it and distribute it worldwide.

make you discover and learn new scales, from rookie pentatonic to harmonic, indian, japanese, oriental, symmetrical scales and more (over 120 scales)

ease your use of scales and modes, with diagrams of every position, in any key

show you which chords are contained in any key, in any scale

help you build your own chord/scales/modes/arpeggios shapes

make you discover music theory easily,

help you compose,

all of that without having to know how to read music.

In the GuitarCookbook, beginners will discover the basics : intervals, chord building and scales. Teachers will use it as a teaching document to illustrate concepts (harmonization, modes ...) to students who do not read sheet music yet. Composers and songwriters will use the harmonization of all scales in all keys with all types of chords to create fresh chords progressions. Advanced guitarists will be able to add new sonorities to their playing through uncommon scales associated with enriched chords of all kinds, or create acrobatic modulations, or creative harmonic progressions. Shredders will use the book to set their guitar neck on fire, tapping, sweeping, string skipping...

What about the guitars ? Guitar geek as I am, I want to share the pleasure of beautiful guitars. www.wildcustomguitars.com a company of high-end French luthiers that had supported me since day one had the great kindness to accept that I use photos of their instruments to illustrate this 2nd edition of my book. So you will enjoy the view of their last finest bespoke guitars as you practice scales, chords and everything in between.

Risks and challenges

With my experience with the previous version of the GuitarCookBook, I'm used to pack and ship books so I don't fear any problem other than having to push back the shipping date of some rewards if it turns to be an extremely popular campaign.